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Antiques Roadshow Treasure Hunt - Who was Catherine?
« on: Sunday 15 April 18 20:57 BST (UK) »
The Antiques Roadshow was just on TV (BBC1 in the UK), and there was a lady on with her son.  When the lady was aged about 12 she found a 'treasure hunt' which started in a small tin she found in the back of the shed. Clues had been written and hid around the property by a young girl who used to live there, eventually leading to photos and then some other things which were left up a chimney.

The young girl wrote that she was not going to school because she was ill, and that the Doctor had said she needed to go away to stay with her Aunt at the seaside. The lady who found the clues and her son had tried to find out who a girl was but failed, and on a second attempt narrowed down to two potential people. They said the little girl didn't return - probably died bless her.

Did any one else see the program and get any other information such as an address and date?

Wouldn't it be lovely if we could find more information about this and then give it to the BBC to pass on?

Anyone up for the challenge?

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Re: Antiques Roadshow Treasure Hunt - Who was Catherine?
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 15 April 18 21:01 BST (UK) »
The show was filmed at the Black Country Living Museum in Dudley. It was episode 7 of 26, series 40.

This is a link to The Antiques Roadshow website http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006mj2y
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Re: Antiques Roadshow Treasure Hunt - Who was Catherine?
« Reply #2 on: Sunday 15 April 18 21:24 BST (UK) »
Hi Angelfish, I'll watch that on catch up later.  I wish I had known they were filming there, I would have gone - I live close to the Black Country Museum.  I'll see what clues I can pick up  :)
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Re: Antiques Roadshow Treasure Hunt - Who was Catherine?
« Reply #3 on: Sunday 15 April 18 21:35 BST (UK) »
It was fascinating wasn`t it,but I can`t think why she could not take her things with her.
Years ago a little girl in my class at school contracted tuberculosis,she went to a sanatorium.
I don`t know about taking things with her,things  that went into the sanatorium could not come out.
I don`t know about things being fumigated,but her friends wanted to lend her books etc but it was not allowed.
Hope the mystery is solved. it seems likely there was  a sad ending.
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Re: Antiques Roadshow Treasure Hunt - Who was Catherine?
« Reply #4 on: Sunday 15 April 18 21:47 BST (UK) »
I was only half watching (distracted by other things). 

If it was in that family’s house (i.e. a known address) I would have thought it wouldn’t be too hard to trace who was living there in 1940 or at least the years leading up to it (e.g. electoral rolls, 1939 Register).  I couldn’t understand why they had drawn a blank.
Ayr: Barnes, Wylie
Caithness: MacGregor
Essex: Eldred (Pebmarsh)
Gloucs: Timbrell (Winchcomb)
Hants: Stares (Wickham)
Lincs: Maw, Jackson (Epworth, Belton)
London: Pierce
Suffolk: Markham (Framlingham)
Surrey: Gosling (Richmond)
Wilts: Matthews, Tarrant (Calne, Preshute)
Worcs: Milward (Redditch)
Yorks: Beaumont, Crook, Moore, Styring (Huddersfield); Middleton (Church Fenton); Exley, Gelder (High Hoyland); Barnes, Birchinall (Sheffield); Kenyon, Wood (Cumberworth/Denby Dale)

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Re: Antiques Roadshow Treasure Hunt - Who was Catherine?
« Reply #5 on: Sunday 15 April 18 22:09 BST (UK) »
The letter dated April 1940

Her name was Catherine Short, 12 years old.

Living at 64 Bullsmoor Lane.
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Re: Antiques Roadshow Treasure Hunt - Who was Catherine?
« Reply #6 on: Sunday 15 April 18 22:12 BST (UK) »
The letter dated April 1940

Her name was Catherine Short, 12 years old.

Living at 64 Bullsmoor Lane.

Ah good.  Google tells me there’s a Bullsmoor Lane in Waltham Cross, Enfield, or was the relevant one in Dudley where the show was filmed?

Glad others were paying better attention than I was :)
Ayr: Barnes, Wylie
Caithness: MacGregor
Essex: Eldred (Pebmarsh)
Gloucs: Timbrell (Winchcomb)
Hants: Stares (Wickham)
Lincs: Maw, Jackson (Epworth, Belton)
London: Pierce
Suffolk: Markham (Framlingham)
Surrey: Gosling (Richmond)
Wilts: Matthews, Tarrant (Calne, Preshute)
Worcs: Milward (Redditch)
Yorks: Beaumont, Crook, Moore, Styring (Huddersfield); Middleton (Church Fenton); Exley, Gelder (High Hoyland); Barnes, Birchinall (Sheffield); Kenyon, Wood (Cumberworth/Denby Dale)

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Re: Antiques Roadshow Treasure Hunt - Who was Catherine?
« Reply #7 on: Sunday 15 April 18 22:15 BST (UK) »
The letter also said that she lived with her mother and father, and had a brother.
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Re: Antiques Roadshow Treasure Hunt - Who was Catherine?
« Reply #8 on: Sunday 15 April 18 22:17 BST (UK) »
Some info may be on the 1939 register re parents?